Have Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo's relationship reached a breaking point? Spanish television captured during Wednesday's match how Real Madrid's footballer turned to his coach and angrily muttered something.
"Cuatro" television insists that upon his return to Manchester United, C. Ronaldo portuguese-ly ordered the coach to "f*** off". Prior to that, the 28-year-old Portuguese scored his two hundredth goal while wearing the Real shirt, and as he ran past the substitutes' bench, he demonstratively pointed at the club emblem with his finger.
It is believed that this is how C. Ronaldo releases emotions after J. Mourinho's criticism.
Last week, J. Mourinho stated that Real lost the league title early in the season because the team started the championship "sad". This was an indirect criticism of C. Ronaldo - after all, when asked by journalists in September why he didn't celebrate a goal with his teammates, this is the word he uttered.
By the way, J. Mourinho's comment came three days after C. Ronaldo talked about J. Mourinho's future in the club: "I don't care. My future at the club is the most important thing to me."
Real Madrid has already reacted to the ongoing struggles within the team and canceled the usual press conference before Saturday's match against Espanyol.
Real defender Raul Albiol, when asked about the coach's and player's emotions, said: "They just exchanged opinions. Nothing more", he said.